I usually roll my eyes when someone says one of Radiohead's songs is about depression, because so many people attribute that theme to every song of theirs that they interpret. And that's just far too simple. Just because their songs do frequently have a dark/ominous tone, and are about depressing THINGS doesn't mean that they are literally ABOUT depression generally. However, in this case, sine most of the songs on this album deal with one of two things (relationship dynamics or the artificiality of a life of fame), this song does seem to be about how depression can affect and effectively destroy a relationship. Narrator tries to understand his lover's troubled mind, what's eating her, he knows about the things she has in her mind which trouble her, but there's nothing he can really do about it. So eventually he can't live like that anymore; can't live a life where his lover's depression is pulling them both down. So by the end she's just a painful memory that he tries not to think about, feeling a little tinge of panic/shock when he is reminded of her.
What about "Bones"? I thought that was about arthritis?
What about "Bones"? I thought that was about arthritis?
Anyway, Blackstar.....
Anyway, Blackstar.....
Although what if he has depression himself in the latter part of the song. There is often no need to "try" not to think of her. You stop caring about anything.
Although what if he has depression himself in the latter part of the song. There is often no need to "try" not to think of her. You stop caring about anything.
He is describing depression there. Many people think its about being sad but it isn't always. It's about flatlining emotion. No happy. No sad. Just numb. Existing. Waiting to die.
He is describing depression there. Many people think its about being sad but it isn't always. It's about flatlining emotion. No happy. No sad. Just numb. Existing. Waiting to die.
I usually roll my eyes when someone says one of Radiohead's songs is about depression, because so many people attribute that theme to every song of theirs that they interpret. And that's just far too simple. Just because their songs do frequently have a dark/ominous tone, and are about depressing THINGS doesn't mean that they are literally ABOUT depression generally. However, in this case, sine most of the songs on this album deal with one of two things (relationship dynamics or the artificiality of a life of fame), this song does seem to be about how depression can affect and effectively destroy a relationship. Narrator tries to understand his lover's troubled mind, what's eating her, he knows about the things she has in her mind which trouble her, but there's nothing he can really do about it. So eventually he can't live like that anymore; can't live a life where his lover's depression is pulling them both down. So by the end she's just a painful memory that he tries not to think about, feeling a little tinge of panic/shock when he is reminded of her.
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What about "Bones"? I thought that was about arthritis?
What about "Bones"? I thought that was about arthritis?
Anyway, Blackstar.....
Anyway, Blackstar.....
Although what if he has depression himself in the latter part of the song. There is often no need to "try" not to think of her. You stop caring about anything.
Although what if he has depression himself in the latter part of the song. There is often no need to "try" not to think of her. You stop caring about anything.
He is describing depression there. Many people think its about being sad but it isn't always. It's about flatlining emotion. No happy. No sad. Just numb. Existing. Waiting to die.
He is describing depression there. Many people think its about being sad but it isn't always. It's about flatlining emotion. No happy. No sad. Just numb. Existing. Waiting to die.